is never matured under such a system That men of genius have only become so, by emancipating themselves from its degrading bondage. By violating the senseless laws of pedants; by bursting their bands asunder, and casting away their cords. There are two kinds of education; the one, that which we receive from others; and the other, that which we give to ourselves. The first is too frequently injurious, and, at the best, useless; from the other we derive all the material advantages we possess.

The man of many ideas can never have any great verbal memory: from this we learn why boys have better verbal memories than men. They have fewer ideas to distract their attention in the process of getting by rote. This appears to me a more sufficient cause of this phenomenon than the comparative softness or hardness of the brain, which some have so largely insisted upon.

How long my father might have continued this dissertation I know not, if he had not luckily completely exhausted the contents of his snuff-box, which is as necessary a help to his discourse, as the thread was to the lawyer mentioned in the Spectator. Fortunately, it was too late to think of replenishing his box, as the watchman had just cried past twelve. The impression made upon his auditors by his sermon was various: in some it raised astonishment; in others it created drowsiness. Some thought his opinions just; others conceived his arguments to be sophistical. The parson charged him with heresy, and the lawyer with want of method. My mother (as usual) thought him an odd man, and as for myself, I did not know what to think of him-in short, "Some thought him wondrous wise, and some believed him inad."

offer; she longed for solitude, that she might indulge her sorrows. Her separation from Lord Arthur would of itself have been a severe affliction; but the discovery of their mutual passion, the mysterious animosity between the two noble families, and the oaths which the Countess had with such solemnity made her take, was an addition her fragile frame could not support, and a violent fever was the consequence of these accumulated woes. Lord Bellonmore was a frequent guest in her chamber, for he dearly loved his daughter; but happily no delirium resulted from her indisposition, or she might have revealed unpleasant truths, and exposed herself to reprehension.

It was long ere Lady Ellinor recovered her health, her spirits had received too severe a shock to allow them to return to their usual tone, and melancholy was apparent in her every action.

The Duke of Belgrave's family had left the vicinity of Glynsett about three months, when the Bellonmores met a severe affliction in the death of the amiable Countess: her health had long been precarious; but her existence was terminated by a rapid decline: a few hours previous to her decease, she took an affectionate leave of her husband, children, and those servants who, from their long residence in the family, where considered as a part of it—she then desired every one, except Ellinor, to leave her chamber. Her wish was complied with, and she thus addressed her sorrowing child: "Ellinor, remember the vows you have taken; they are registered in heaven; my death does not absolve you from them; a few hours, perhaps moments, and I am no more; may heaven bless, or punish you, as you observe or break the solemn promises I enjoined and you acquiesced in. If it is possible (which some casuists and sages maintain it is) for the souls of the departed to revisit the earth, your nights shall not be peaceable, nor your days happy."

Ellinor renewed her promises and the Countess fervently blessed her: she then desired her to recall those whom she had ordered from her chamber: Nothing material occurred, till the return of the Duke and his family to the vicinity of Glynsett.

Lord Arthur flew on the wings of love and hope on the subsequent morning to the grotto, in expectation of seeing Lady Ellinor-He knew she must

be apprised of their arrival at the castle by the ringing of the bells, and the rejoicing made by the villagers to welcome their lord; but the fair one came not-he was not aware of the discovery the late Countess had made, or the restrictions she had imposed on her observant daughter, and he retired in despair. This was not unknown to Ellinor; Cicely had been sent to secretly observe if he renewed his visits to the retreat, where many an hour had flown rapturously on the wings of love; this did not interfere with her vows, and she could not resist the impulse that urged her to this step.

Lady Ellinor could not help rejoic ing in the constancy of her lover, and again lamented the cruel mysteries that rendered her love a crime. Cicely observed that it was more then probable Lord Arthur would visit the grotto on the following morning; her prediction was true-willing, as the votaries of love ever are, to catch at the straws of hope, supposed some event had hindered his fair one from an interview, that, perhaps, was wished for on her part with as much pure ardour as on his own. The moment Cicely saw him she presented him with a letter from her mistress, and (as she was ordered) then hastened away before he could ask her any questions; for the chaste Ellinor was fearful lest the unguarded expressions of Cicely should betray to Lord Arthur the excessive regret her lady felt at the cruel destiny that threatened their eternal separation.

Lord Arthur read with amazement, horror, and indiscribable anguish, the lines penned by his beloved Ellinor, explaning her hapless situation with regard to him, and the vows imposed on her by the late Countess: "Cruel fate," exclaimed the youth, must I then renounce all hopes of happiness and Ellinor? but here (kneeling down) I swear never to give my hand to another-No, rather let me end my days secluded in a monastery's gloom, where I may undisturbed mourn my disappointed prospects." Such was the anxiety that preyed on Lord Arthur's mind, that an unremitting fever ensued, attended with nervous symptoms, which greatly alarmed the Duke, who assenting to the advice of the physicians, ordered his son to prepare for an immediate tour to the south of France; he would not hear of a nega.

tive, and the youth, though greatly chagrined at being sent such a distance from Ellinor, was forced to acquiesce.

Though Lady Ellinor was restricted from seeking an interview with her lover, he was under no such restraints, and he determined to risk life itself to to see her, before his departure from Glynsett: One of the inferior domestics had long been in his interest, it was Margaret, who had placed the billet on the toilette of our heroine. The late Countess, when apprised of this circumstance, had caused Blanch to seek the delinquent among the household. Those she interrogated denied (and with truth) any knowledge of the affair: the very menial capacity of Margaret exempted her from the enquiry, as it was not even supposed that she had ever entered into that part of the edifice where the superiors of the family resided. She now, for a small gratuity, undertook to forward the wishes of Lord Arthur, whose know ledge of her arose from his having visited her father's hut during a severe frost to administer aid to the almost starving individuals that composed the peasant's family. She knew that her mistress passed above an hour every night in a small chapel that was situated very distantly from the suit of rooms that had been occupied since the decease of the Lady Bellonmore. The Earl, who was much indisposed, retired to his own chamber soon after sun-set; and Lord Walter was gone with Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, on a visit to the French monarch, and they had settled to stay some months to enjoy the pleasures of the Gallic court.

As soon as twilight appeared, Lord Arthur, pretending an inclination to sleep, dismissed all his attendants but Arnold, who, by the Earl's orders, occupied a pallet in the same chamber, that he might be at hand to assist his master; from him the youth had nothing to fear-on his secrecy he could depend, and bidding him answer to any enquiries that might be made, that he was asleep and must not be disturbed, wrapt himself in his scarlet cloak, and hastening down a private stair case, sallied forth to meet Mar garet, who had promised to attend his honor's coming at the corner of the dove-house, which was situated at a remote part of the grounds; she was true to her promise, and, guided by her directions, he soon found himsel in the

chapel, and concealed himself in one of the confessional boxes, that formed a range on one side of this antique place.

He waited near an hour before Lady Ellinor appeared, leaning on the arm of Cicely; the latter, placing a taper on the altar, silently retired; her fair mistress raised her voice in prayer and petitioned for the repose of her mother's soul, and her father's earthly happiness. She then reverted to her own situation, and prayed to heaven to soften her anguish, and restore heath and happiness to her lover, "May he be blessed, though Ellinor lives wretched! O fatal mystery? O my mother! what severe pangs hast thou inflicted on my filial breast; but let me not presumptuously arraign thy conduct, doubtless it was just and propelled by necessity. Her tenderness was too great to act thus, because the house of Bellonmore and Belgrave were at enmity: she would not carry hatred to the grave; nay, even beyond its confines, for has she not continued it in my person by those fatal vows?" Then a deep sigh interrupted her proceedings in this mournful soliloquy Lord Arthur, unable longer to repress his feelings, unguardedly re-echoed the sigh.-Ellinor shrieked, and was hastily flying towards the door when her progress was impeded, by Arthur's rushing from the confessional towards her unhappily she did not recognize her lover, but instantly fainted, and fell on the pavement. Arthur at first severely blamed his own imprudence for thus alarming, her. But these thoughts were presently erased from his brain by others of a most reprehensible nature: Ellinor was now in his power, and he determined to bear her from the hall. To accomplish this purpose, he was aware that he had many difficulties to overcome; but he determined to surmount them, or perish in the attempt. He conveyed the fair insensible in his arms to the grotto, the scene of their former interviews.-It has been before observed that the late Countess had an oratory formed in one part of it, here he deposited his fair burthen and then hastened to the castle: he had received a great quantity of money from the Duke, for his ensuing expenses on the continent-he had likewise a large sum by him, which had been the savings of years from an over liberal allowance; all

Ah! why so vain, though blooming in thy spring;

How shining, frail, ador'd, but wretch'd thing!

Old age will come, disease may come before, And twenty prove as fatal as threescore. ENTERED into the path of infamy, the next scene exhibits our young heroine the mistress of a rich Jew, attended by a black boy, and surrounded with the pompous parade of tasteless profusion. Her mind being now as depraved, as her person is decorated, she keeps up the spirit of her character, by extravagance and inconstancy. An example of the first is exhibited in the monkey being suffered to drag her rich headdress round the room; and of the second in the retiring gallant. The Hebrew is represented at breakfast with his mistress; but having come earlier than expected, the favorite had not departed. To secure his retreat, is an exercise for the invention of both mistress and maid. This is accomplished by the lady find ing a pretence for quarrelling with the VOL. II.

Jew, kicking down the tea-table, and scalding his legs, which, added to the noise of the china, so far engrosses his attention, that her paramour, assisted by the servant, escapes discovery.

On the toilet-table we discover a mask, which well enough intimates where she had passed part of the preceding night.

Under the protection of this disciple of Moses, she could not remain long. Riches were his only attraction, and though profusely lavished on this unworthy object, her attachment was not to be obtained, nor could her constancy be secured; repeated acts of infidelity are punished by dismission; and her next situation shews, that, like most of the sisterhood, she had lived without apprehension of the sunshine of life being darkened by the passing cloud, and made no provision for the hour of adversity.

L